Rajapackiam, S and Balasubramanian, T S and Arumugam, G (1990) On a large Devil ray Manta birostris landed at Tuticorin. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 106. p. 11.
Two of Devil ray measuring 2.17 and 2.11m in total length and 5.54 and 5.25 min breadth respectively were caught from the inshore waters of Tuticorin at a depth of 50 m by gill net operated from Tuticorin type of boat. It was identified as Mania birostis locally known as ' Kotnbu thirukai'.While the former was a female weighing 1,200 kg. The latter was a male weighing 1,150 kg. Both the specimens were auctioned for Rs. 400/- at the landing centre.
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Devil ray; Mania birostis; Kotnbu thirukai|
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|Date Deposited:||09 Sep 2010 08:48|
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